Error Messages |
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© 1998 Digital Integration (NZ) Ltd
This table lists error and information messages the may appear on your i-Mail server log screen or system console. Use this guide to find out what the error means and how to resolve it.
System console messages are always preceded by the text - 'i-Mail: '
The remedy 'Refer other error codes to find the cause of the failure.' means that you will find errors earlier in the logs that have resulted in this error being shown.
| Error | Cause | Remedy |
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i-Mail: Could not get server connection, exit code |
NDS or bindery is either closed or corrupt | Fix the NDS or bindery |
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i-Mail: Trial period expired, shutting down engines |
The i-Mail trial period has expired. | Purchase an i-Mail licence |
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i-Mail: System failure, shutting down dispatcher! |
A critical error occured while i-Mail was reloading its configuration |
Refer other error codes to find the cause of the shutdown. |
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i-Mail: Mail server has been forcibly shut down, |
During i-Mail shutdown 'CTRL-K' was pressed. Any resources that were waiting to be unloaded will be left to the system to clean up. |
No action necessary |
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i-Mail: Error seeking to file start (filename) |
During startup or system reload a file that i-Mail is using has become unusable due to volume dismount or physical disk error. |
Ensure all i-Mail configuration files are healthy |
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i-Mail: filename initialization file has been corrupted |
A line in an i-Mail config file is invalid. This can be due to disk corruption, manual modification of files, or the admin program failing during writing to disk. |
Back up the configuration files, run admin to recreate the configuration files. |
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i-Mail: Error seeking into file filename |
During startup or system reload a file that i-Mail is using has become unusable due to volume dismount or physical disk error. |
Ensure all i-Mail configuration files are healthy |
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i-Mail: Failed to allocate memory while reading filename |
During startup or system reload, the server could not provide sufficient memory for i-Mail to use. |
Add more RAM to your server or unload NLMs that do not need to be running |
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i-Mail: Initialization Failed |
During startup i-Mail had problems obtaining memory. |
Add more RAM to your server or unload NLMs that do not need to be running |
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i-Mail: Interface Initialization Failed |
During startup i-Mail had problems creating the user interface. |
Check that your system has enough memory |
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i-Mail: Configuration Read Failed |
During startup i-Mail had problems loading configuration information. |
Refer other error codes to find the cause of the failure. |
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i-Mail: Could not open filename |
During startup or system reload, the server could not find a required configuration file. |
Make sure that the i-Mail directory and DAT files are in their correct place. |
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i-Mail: Failed to allocate memory while creating SMTP |
During startup or system reload, the server could not provide sufficient memory for i-Mail to use. |
Add more RAM to your server or unload NLMs that do not need to be running |
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i-Mail: Failed to start NetDB access engine |
During startup i-Mail had problems starting a required process, normally due to lack of RAM. |
Add more RAM to your server or unload NLMs that do not need to be running |
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i-Mail: Invalid registration key! |
The imail.dat file contains a registration key that is incorrectly formatted |
Re-run the admin program to fix the registration key |
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i-Mail: Invalid licence code! |
The imail.dat file contains licence codes that are incorrectly formatted |
Re-run the admin program to fix the licence codes |
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i-Mail: No global postmaster defined, use Admin to |
The imail.dat file does not contain a global postmaster. |
The global postmaster needs to be entered on the general tab of the i-Mail admin program. |
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i-Mail: No primary domain defined, use Admin to |
The imail.dat file does not contain a primary domain. |
The primary domain needs to be entered on the general tab of the i-Mail admin program. |
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i-Mail: Invalid licence key(1) |
One of the licence codes is missing | Re-run the admin program to fix the licence codes |
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i-Mail: Invalid licence key(2) |
The number of characters in one of the licence codes is wrong. |
Re-run the admin program to fix the licence codes |
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i-Mail: Invalid licence key(3) |
One or more of the licence codes has been entered incorrectly |
Re-run the admin program to fix the licence codes. Ensure the licence key is entered exactly as shown, including case |
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i-Mail: Invalid licence key(4) |
One or more of the licence codes has been entered incorrectly |
Re-run the admin program to fix the licence codes. Ensure the licence key is entered exactly as shown, including case |
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i-Mail: Invalid licence key(5) |
One or more of the licence codes has been entered incorrectly |
Re-run the admin program to fix the licence codes. Ensure the licence key is entered exactly as shown, including case |
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i-Mail: Out of memory during licence check |
During startup i-Mail had problems starting a required process, normally due to lack of RAM. |
Add more RAM to your server or unload NLMs that do not need to be running |
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i-Mail: Could not check registration information, quitting |
The licence codes are invalid | Re-run the setup program |
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i-Mail: Could not check registration information, quitting (1) |
The licence codes are invalid | Re-run the setup program and ensure the system directly has been correctly entered |
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i-Mail: Please use the setup program distributed with this |
i-Mail files were copied rather that installed. | Re-run the setup program |
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i-Mail: Could not check registration information, please |
The i-Mail trial period has expired | Purchase an i-Mail licence |
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i-Mail: Trial period expired, quitting |
The i-Mail trial period has expired | Purchase an i-Mail licence |
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i-Mail: Warning! Could not allocate memory for |
During system reload, the server could not provide sufficient memory for i-Mail to use. |
Add more RAM to your server or unload NLMs that do not need to be running |
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i-Mail: Could not allocate memory for variable |
The server could not provide i-Mail with enough memory for a required variable declaration. |
Add more RAM to your server or unload NLMs that do not need to be running |
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i-Mail: Could not allocate memory for initialization |
The server could not provide i-Mail with enough memory during startup. |
Add more RAM to your server or unload NLMs that do not need to be running |
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i-Mail: Critical errors were reported during initialization, |
One or more errors were reported that prevented i-Mail from starting up. |
Refer other error codes to find the cause of the failure. |
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i-Mail: Memory failed for indexes, removing temporary |
The server could not provide i-Mail with enough memory for creating user indexes. |
Add more RAM to your server or unload NLMs that do not need to be running |
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i-Mail: Failed to allocate memory for indexes |
The server could not provide i-Mail with enough memory for creating user indexes. |
Add more RAM to your server or unload NLMs that do not need to be running |
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i-Mail: Memory failure while compacting indexes |
The server could not provide i-Mail with enough memory for creating user indexes. |
Add more RAM to your server or unload NLMs that do not need to be running |
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Recipient name exceeds allowable limit |
A message has been delivered with an e-mail address that exceeds 512 characters |
Check that e-mail addresses in your system do not exceed 512 characters. Also check the imail spool directory for any messages that have been downloaded which may contain extra long addresses |
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No recipient in address field |
An e-mail address has been provided that is blank |
Check clients reply-to address is filled in |
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Recipient has unbalanced bracket sets |
A client or message that has been downloaded has an address that has an extra < or > |
Check that e-mail clients on your system do not contain these characters. Also check the imail spool directory for any messages that have been downloaded which may contain these characters |
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Recipient invalid |
A client has an e-mail address that does not have the domain |
Ensure clients e-mail and reply-to addresses are filled in correctly |
| 'Failed to allocate memory' messages | The server could not provide i-Mail with enough memory. |
Add more RAM to your server or unload NLMs that do not need to be running |
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Recipient name corrupted by rules |
One or more replacement rules in admin has turned a valid e-mail address into a non-valid address. |
Check and test your replacement rules |
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GetRecipientList Failed |
Their was either a memory failure or a message downloaded from the internet has corrupt data. |
Refer other error codes to find the cause of the failure. |
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Failed to get file details for filename |
While scanning a file for its time and size information an error was reported that the file was not available. |
Check that the server has rights to the volume and that the volume is mounted |
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No files have expired in safe directory |
This is informational only | No action necessary |
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Failed to reset to beginning of message file |
A file access failure occured during message scanning operation. The file has become damaged or unavailable while it was being read. |
Check that the volume is mounted and that it is reliable with vrepair |
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Read from message file failed |
A file access failure occured during message scanning operation. The file has become damaged or unavailable while it was being read. |
Check that the volume is mounted and that it is reliable with vrepair |
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Reached message body without finding sender |
A message was delivered that does not have a sender. |
No action necessary, i-Mail will replace the sender name with the postmaster |
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File access failed during function |
A file access failure occured during message scanning operation. The file has become damaged or unavailable while it was being read. |
Check that the volume is mounted and that it is reliable with vrepair |
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Login name or password not set for auto print |
The auto print function was started but no username or password has been defined |
Enter a valid user and password for auto print in the printing tab of admin |
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Error found in auto queue name while attempting to print |
A '/' character was not found in the queue name. |
Enter the auto print queue in the format server/queue in the accounts tab of admin. |
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Error setting print message file to start |
A file access failure occured during message scanning operation. The file has become damaged or unavailable while it was being read. |
Check that the volume is mounted and that it is reliable with vrepair |
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No sender located for printing |
A message was delivered that does not have a sender. |
This will not affect the auto print |
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No message date found for printing |
A message was delivered that does not have a date. |
This will not affect the auto print |
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No subject line located for printing |
A message was delivered that does not have a subject. |
This will not affect the auto print |
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No message body found for printing |
A message was delivered that does not have a body. |
This will not affect the auto print |
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Create print job failed with code x |
i-Mail could not create a file in the designated print queue. |
The error code is the 'Base 10' NetWare error code. Look up the 'Base 16' code in the Novell manuals or contact Digital Integration |
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Object ID map failed with code x during print |
i-Mail could not get the ID number of the print queue object. |
Run DSRepair and see if there are any object ID problems. The error code is the 'Base 10' NetWare error code. Look up the 'Base 16' code in the Novell manuals or contact Digital Integration |
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Authenticate connection handle failed during |
i-Mail could not authenticate the user supplied for logging in to print. |
Check the user and password supplied for auto print and that the user has rights to the print queue |
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Auto print to server servername failed |
i-Mail could not authenticate the user supplied for logging in to print. |
Check the user and password supplied for auto print and that the user has rights to the print queue |
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Login failed for auto print, check printing |
i-Mail could not authenticate the user supplied for logging in to print. |
Check the user and password supplied for auto print and that the user has rights to the print queue |
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Context change failed, check printing setup |
The context supplied for auto print is either inaccessible on this server or not correct. |
Check the NDS context supplied for auto print The error code is the 'Base 10' NetWare |
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Failed to create context handle during auto print (x) |
The auto print function could not get access to NDS. |
Run DSRepair and check that NDS is open The error code is the 'Base 10' NetWare |
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Print job has been aborted |
An error occurred that prevented i-Mail from printing. |
Refer other error codes to find the cause of the failure. |
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Destination host undefined, check config |
When connecting to an internet host i-Mail was supplied with a blank hostname or IP address. |
Check that the outbound SMTP address is correct in admin |
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NetDB functions inactive, DNS call failed |
The i-Mail NetDB access was disabled due to startup problems and i-Mail cannot resolve DNS names. |
Check logs for any startup errors and reload i-Mail |
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Retrying DNS connection (attempt x) |
i-Mail failed to connect to an internet host and is retrying the connection. |
No action necessary |
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Host name resolution failed for name |
i-Mail could not convert an internet host name to an IP address. |
Check that the server can 'Ping' the host. If not, and the host is definitely correct, restart the server to reset the NetDB tables |
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Failed to open socket with name |
i-Mail either could not connect to an internet host or the host does not provide the services that i-Mail was trying to use |
Check that the server can 'Ping' the host. If not, and the host is definitely correct, restart the server to reset the NetDB tables If the host can be pinged then ensure the Also check the TCP ports configured for |
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ip_address is a malformed address |
An IP address provided in admin is incorrect |
Check all IP addresses in i-Mail admin have been entered correctly for POP collectors, SMTP connectors and remote domains |
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Failed to connect socket to name |
i-Mail was unable to establish a connection to the named host. |
Check that the host can be pinged
Refer other error codes to find the cause |
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Warning, could not write to unsubscribe update file |
A file access failure occured during updating a subscription list. The file has become damaged or unavailable while it was being used. |
Check that the volume is mounted and that it is reliable with vrepair |
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Auto responder failed to create file |
A file access failure occured while creating a response message. |
Check that the volume is mounted and that it is reliable with vrepair |
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Auto responder activated with no responder in list! |
An auto responder is not valid | Check the auto responder in admin |
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Client exceeded conversation buffer size, closing link |
A connected client has sent too more data than is acceptable for the current operation. |
Check any clients that are having connection problems |
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Failed to open audit tracking file |
A file access failure occured while creating a new audit log. |
Check that the volume is mounted and that it is reliable with vrepair |
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Backup file copy system using 256 byte copy buffer |
Memory is low on the server and the slow backup copy system has been used. |
Add RAM to your server |
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Freeing hung POP collector [x] |
A POP collector has not received any data for more than the configured timeout period. |
Check the reliabilty of your internet link or increase the timeout value |
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Freeing hung SMTP connector [x] |
As SMTP client has not sent any data for more than the configured timeout period. |
Check the reliabilty of your internet link or increase the timeout value |
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Freeing hung client connector [x] |
A POP or SMTP client has not sent any data for more than the configured timeout period. |
Check any clients that are having connection problems or increase the timeout value |
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Freeing hung MX connector [x] |
An MX record lookup has not received any data for more than the configured timeout period. |
Check the reliabilty of your internet link or increase the timeout value |
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System failure, shutting down dispatcher & engines! |
A critical error was reported during system reconfiguration which has forced i-Mail to shut down to prevent data loss. |
Refer other error codes to find the cause of the failure. |
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iManager client password failed |
An iManager client entered their password incorrectly. |
Passwords for iManager are case sensitive. Re-enter the password and try again |
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iManager failed to authenticate user |
The TCP/IP link between iManager and i-Mail failed during authentication. |
Check the reliability of the TCP/IP link. |
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A password is required for remote management |
No password has been entered in the general tab of admin for iManager, but the service is enabled |
Enter a password for remote management or turn the service off |
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Retrying request to listen on socket for service type clients |
i-Mail is waiting for the specified port to become available on the address specified for this service. |
Check for any other software configured on the same IP address and port that this service is configured to use. If so, change the port number. Otherwise wait for the service to become |
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Failed to allocate socket for service type server process |
The address or port was not available for this service to use. |
Change the IP address or port for this service to use, or try restarting the server. |
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Service type local address is malformed |
The IP address provided for this service is invalid |
Provide the correct IP address |
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Retrying bind to socket for service |
i-Mail is waiting for the specified port to become available on the address specified for this service. |
Check for any other software configured on the same IP address and port that this service is configured to use. If so, change the port number. Otherwise wait for the service to become |
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Failed to bind to service type server socket |
The address or port was not available for this service to use. |
Change the IP address or port for this service to use, or try restarting the server. |
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Failed to listen on service type server socket |
The address or port was not available for this service to use. |
Change the IP address or port for this service to use, or try restarting the server. |
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Service type server is not able to accept connections |
A connection to the server was rejected. | The server is either currently overloaded with TCP/IP connections or more that the maximum configured clients are currently connected |
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Failed to start service type thread |
The service for a client process failed to start, most likely due to low memory. |
Add more RAM to the server |
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Log file is not active |
An attempt was made to export the log without an active log file. |
Configure and enable logging with i-Mail admin and reload the i-Mail NLM |
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Could not open log file for reading |
A file access failure occured while reading the log file. |
Check that the volume is mounted and that it is reliable with vrepair |
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Could not open export log file for writing |
A file access failure occured while opening the export log file. |
Check that the volume is mounted and that it is reliable with vrepair |
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Failed to reopen log file |
After exporting the log file, a file access failure occured while reopening the log file. |
Check that the volume is mounted and that it is reliable with vrepair |
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Excess length line detected in recipient list |
An MSR or MSL file has been corrupted. | Check that the volume is mounted and that it is reliable with vrepair |
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Non address line found in recipient file |
An MSR or MSL file has been corrupted. | Check that the volume is mounted and that it is reliable with vrepair |
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File read error while checking recipient file |
A file access failure occured while reading an MSR or MSL file. |
Check that the volume is mounted and that it is reliable with vrepair |
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ManagerCC address is invalid |
The ManagerCC e-mail address entered in admin is invalid. |
Fix the e-mail address |
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Warning: ManagerCC address must be on local or |
The ManagerCC e-mail address entered in admin is not a local domain. |
Change the ManagerCC address to be local |
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ManagerCC failed to find user in local system |
The ManagerCC e-mail address entered in admin does not exist. |
Change the ManagerCC address to a valid e-mail address for your system |
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ManagerCC failed to create message file |
A file access failure occured while creating the message for the ManagerCC address |
Check that the volume is mounted and that it is reliable with vrepair |
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ManagerCC address type unidentified? |
The ManagerCC e-mail address entered in admin does not exist. |
Change the ManagerCC address to a valid e-mail address for your system |
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Invalid subscribe entry detected, check auto responders |
A subscription lists is defined with no corresponding AutoCC entry. |
If an AutoCC name has been removed or renamed, subscription lists need to be updated |
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Warning: failed to create LST file |
A file access failure occured while creating a message flag. |
Check that the volume is mounted and that it is reliable with vrepair |
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-ERR Memory or mailbox failure detected, quitting session |
A mailbox was not available when a user tried to collect mail |
Check that the users mailbox exists in the users directory |
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Communication failed with client |
A mail client disconnected during a mail transaction. |
Normally this is not a problem if a user has pressed cancel while retrieving mail, otherwise check the client configuration and/or try a new network card in the offending client PC |
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Read from disk failed during SendMessage |
A file access failure occured while sending a message to the internet or another mail server. |
Check that the volume is mounted and that it is reliable with vrepair |
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Write to socket failed during SendMessage |
The TCP/IP link went down during sending a message to the internet or another mail server. |
Check your internet link reliability |
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Warning: Failed to create safe file |
A copy of downloaded mail could not be made either because the disk is not available or the i-Mail safe folder does not exist. |
Ensure the safe folder exists in the i-Mail directory |
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[x] Host does not support TOP, attempting full download |
A POP collector has been configured to skip large files, but to download their headers and the ISP does not support the TOP command which is required for this operation. |
Ask your ISP if they can support this command or change your ISP |
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[x] Message download failed, error reported on RETR |
The ISP responded with an error command when i-Mail tried to retrieve a message from the internet. |
Contact your ISP if the problem persists |
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[x] - POP Collect failed due to connection time out |
During mail collection i-Mail did not receive data from the POP server for the specified timeout period. |
Check the reliabilty of your internet link or increase the timeout value |
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Warning! Malformed IP address in SMTP size exception |
An SMTP size exception configured in the POP/SMTP connectors tab of admin has an invalid IP address entry. |
Fix the IP address |
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User or Password not set for pop collector, skipping |
A POP collector has been configured without a password or user, both of these must be set. i-Mail does not support POP collection from an ISP without a password. |
Set the user name and password for the POP collector |
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Deleted dead message: filename |
During startup, i-Mail cleans up any files that were incomplete in the event of the server crashing or being reset during mail transactions. |
No action necessary |
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[x] - Client has stopped sending data, closing session |
While a client was sending data to i-Mail no data was received for the specified timeout period. |
Check the reliabilty of your internet link or increase the timeout value |
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[x] - 1:File failure while writing message |
The file that i-Mail was writing to while receiving data from a client is no longer accessible |
Check that the volume is mounted and that it is reliable with vrepair |
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[x] - Error occurred while receiving data |
While i-Mail was receiving mail from a client, the client disconnected. |
Normally this is not a problem if a user has pressed cancel while sending mail, otherwise check the client configuration and/or try a new network card in the offending client PC |
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Illegal notify options found during return notification |
A client has sent unknown return notification parameters with a message. |
Check that your mail clients support the standard DSN delivery format |
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Return notification for local user failed - no local account |
A client requested return notification to an invalid mailbox. |
Check the mail client return notification options |
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Failed to create return notification message for local user |
When creating a return notification message i-Mail could not access the file system. |
Check that the volume is mounted and that it is reliable with vrepair |
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Failed to create return notification message for named |
When creating a return notification message i-Mail could not access the file system. |
Check that the volume is mounted and that it is reliable with vrepair |
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Failed to create return notification message for unnamed |
When creating a return notification message i-Mail could not access the file system. |
Check that the volume is mounted and that it is reliable with vrepair |
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Return recipient is invalid, notify message not sent |
A client requested return notification to an invalid mailbox. |
Check the mail client return notification options |
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Critical Error! Failed to read from disk during return notify |
When creating a return notification message i-Mail could not access the file system. |
Check that the volume is mounted and that it is reliable with vrepair |
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Mail failed, returning to sender |
A message was undeliverable and is being returned to the sender. |
If this occurs on all messages, check your account with your ISP and that your server is connecting properly to the internet. If the error is an isolated incident, check the |
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Failed to open original message list to return mail to sender |
When attempting to return mail, the recipient list file no longer exists for i-Mail to determine who to send the message to. |
Check that the volume is mounted and that it is reliable with vrepair |
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Failed to send message file, requeing |
A message could not be delivered for some reason. |
Refer other error codes to find the cause of the failure. |
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UID Lists have become unstable due to memory problems |
i-Mail is trying to use UID to leave messages at the ISP, however memory has become low and the tables cannot be stored. |
Add RAM to the server |
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User attempted to send mail with size greater than allowed |
A user tried to send a message that exceeds the maximum limit set in admin |
No action necessary if this was intended |
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Disk failure storing message list for ETRN queue |
The file system was not available when i-Mail tried to write a file. |
Check that the volume is mounted and that it is reliable with vrepair |
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Client disconnected, terminating session |
A client connected to the SMTP server but disconnected before sending any data. |
Normally this is not a problem if a user has pressed cancel while sending mail, otherwise check the client configuration and/or try a new network card in the offending client PC |
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Failed to replicate incoming address, recipients will be |
The server ran out of memory while i-Mail was replicating mail addresses. |
Add RAM to the server |
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No members found in group, this recipient will return or fail |
Mail was sent to a NetWare group that has no members. |
No action necessary if this was intended |
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Failed to log in for user lookup, access will be denied |
Either the user or password supplied in the UserLink tab of admin is invalid. |
Provide correct details for i-Mail to log in to the server to access NDS information |
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Failed to create context handle during group replication |
i-Mail could not get access to NDS. | Ensure NDS is running and that it is reliable with DSRepair |
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Originator invalid, check outbox files for corruption |
When attempting to send a message, i-Mail was unable to interpret the recipient list file, probably due to corruption. |
Delete the offending MSR or MSL file and the associated MSG file. Check that the volume is reliable with vrepair |
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SMTP queue full, will re-process next run |
While sending data, i-Mail had too many messages to send on the given internet link. |
No immediate action necessary.
The internet link speed may need to be |
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Connection to host host name failed for host |
When using direct connection to SMTP hosts i-Mail could not contact a host in the list provided by DNS, it will try the next one. |
No action necessary |
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Cannot use SMTP host for ETRN, quitting session |
An ETRN server defined does not provide ETRN services. |
Contact your ISP to find out the correct ETRN host name |
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Message is too large for remote system |
A message being sent to the internet is larger than the ISP will accept |
Contact your ISP about size limitations |
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Send message failed, re-queueing for next processing run |
While sending data the internet link stopped | Check the reliability of the internet link |
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(???) Remote SMTP host responded with bad syntax |
The internet SMTP server that i-Mail is communicating with does not support a command that i-Mail sent. |
If this happens once, the cause is probably a freak incident and no action is required. If the problem persists, contact your ISP and |
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Corrupt MSR/MSL file detected, saving message in |
While attempting to send a message to the internet i-Mail found corruption in a recipient list file. |
Resend the message
Check that the volume is reliable with vrepair |
| Corrupt message file detected, moving to BadMsg folder (x) |
While attempting to parse a message from the internet i-Mail found corruption. |
Read the message from the badmsgs folder in a text editor such as notepad. |
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Warning: Bad message create failed, message may be lost! |
i-Mail could not copy a message to the bad messages folder. |
Check that the badmsgs folder exists and is accessible |
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EOF prematurely detected |
While attempting to send a message to the internet i-Mail found corruption in a recipient list file. |
Resend the message Check that the volume is reliable with vrepair |
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Warning: Mail forwarding configured to same maildrop! |
A user account has been set to forward mail to itself. |
Change the forward to address for the account |
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Failed to print message, disk or RAM failure |
Printing failed for some reason. | Refer other error codes to find the cause of the failure. |
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Unable to add job to queue, check queue status |
Printing failed for some reason. | Refer other error codes to find the cause of the failure. |
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Unable to connect to specified print queue, check |
Printing failed for some reason. | Refer other error codes to find the cause of the failure. |
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Warning: Forwarded user not found (name) |
Forwarding has been set to a local user, but the user does not exist. |
Change the forward to address |
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An error occurred while parsing a message in the |
A problem occurred while a message downloaded from the internet was being interpreted. |
Refer other error codes to find the cause of the failure. |
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Discarding duplicate message |
Multiple messages have been downloaded from the internet which contain the same data. i-Mail discards duplicates if the dedupe option is on in the advanced tab of admin. |
No action necessary |
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No users survived message parsing |
No valid users were found in a message that was downloaded from the internet and it will be sent to the Postmaster or discarded as defined in admin. |
No action necessary |
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Alias postmaster not found |
i-Mail needed to find a PostMaster address to deliver mail and did not find one in the alias lists. |
Create an alias PostMaster if i-Mail is being used as a mail server (as opposed to a router for GroupWise) |
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Failed to create remote recipient list for PostMaster |
i-Mail could not access the file system when creating a message for the remote PostMaster. |
Check that the volume is mounted and that it is reliable with vrepair |
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No PostMaster defined, moving message to bad |
A message could not be delivered to the PostMaster because none is defined. |
Define a PostMaster alias or for remote domains set the postmaster on the general tab of admin |
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Failure copying file to PostMaster mailbox |
i-Mail could not copy a message to the PostMaster mailbox . |
Check that the PostMasters mailbox exists and is accessible |
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PostMaster mailbox storage failed, storing in |
i-Mail could not copy a message to the PostMaster mailbox because it was not found and will store it in the badmsgs folder instead. |
Check that the PostMasters mailbox exists and is accessible |
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Warning! Malformed IP address in POP security entry |
An IP address in the security tables is invalid. | Fix the IP addresses in admin |
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Invalid greeting from POP host, contact ISP if this |
The first response from a server that i-Mail is connecting to is invalid. This may be due to an incorrect port setup or a problem at the ISP. |
Check the ports in the TCP ports tab are correct, or contact your ISP. |
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Error while sending USER command |
Your account at the ISP probably does not exist. |
Contact your ISP. |
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Error while sending PASS command |
You have entered an invalid password for connecting to your ISP POP server. |
Reenter the password. Passwords are case sensitive. If this does not solve the problem, contact your ISP. |
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Error while sending STAT command |
The POP server that i-Mail is connecting to does not understand this command. |
Contact your ISP. |
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Host does not support LAST |
A POP collector has been configured to use the LAST command but it is unsupported by the ISP. |
Contact your ISP. |
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UID List is corrupt for host, resetting |
Memory failure has cuased corruption in the UID lists. |
Add more RAM to your server |
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Remote POP host does not support UIDL, disabling |
The POP server that i-Mail is connecting to does not understand this command and i-Mail has been configured to leave mail at the server. |
Contact your ISP. |
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Error while sending LIST command |
The POP server that i-Mail is connecting to does not understand this command. |
Contact your ISP. |
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POP server reported zero byte message, contact your ISP! |
The ISP POP server reported that it has a message that has no size. i-Mail will not download 0 byte messages. |
Contact your ISP. |
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Error opening temporary spool file |
i-Mail could not create a file to download mail from the ISP. |
Check that the volume is mounted and that it is reliable with vrepair |
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Removing partial message filename |
Mail collection was interrupted and i-Mail is removing the portion of the message that was downloaded. |
No action necessary |
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Error while sending NOOP command |
The POP server that i-Mail is connecting to does not understand this command. |
No action necessary |
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Error while sending DELE command |
The POP server that i-Mail is connecting to does not understand this command. |
Contact your ISP. |
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UID cleanup was avoided, freeing unused lists |
A problem occurred during mail collection and the UID list may have become corrupt so it must be refreshed. |
Refer other error codes to find the cause of the failure. |
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Some inconsistencies were corrected in system message |
A system message supplied has some non- standard text in it. i-Mail automatically reformats the inconsistencies. |
No action necessary |
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No DNS servers configured, MX lookup disabled |
Send directly to host has been configured in admin but no DNS servers have been provided. |
Enter valid DNS servers to the TCP Ports tab in admin |
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DNS server IP address is malformed |
A supplied DNS IP address is invalid. | Fix the IP address |
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Failed to create socket for MX lookup to IP address |
A connection to the DNS server could not be established. |
Check the IP addresses of the DNS servers are valid. Also check the reliability of your internet links. |
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MX lookup failed, domain name is illegal |
A lookup was requested for an invalid domain. | Check the recipient address |
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Error occured while sending request to DNS server |
The TCP/IP link stopped during an MX record lookup |
Check the reliability of your internet links. |
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Unknown user user name attempted remote update |
A user who does not have an account on the server attempted to update account details. |
No action necessary |
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User user name attempted remote update but was rejected |
A user who does not have the priveleged to update their account details attempted to update their account. |
No action necessary |
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User user name attempted remote update but failed on |
A user attempted to update their account details but got their password wrong. |
No action necessary |
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User %s selected invalid remote update option |
A user attempted to update their account details but provided an option that is not valid. |
Provide the user with the valid remote options |
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System update failed, system may be unstable |
During system update a critical disk or memory failure occurred. |
Refer other error codes to find the cause of the failure. |
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Sender of the e-mail was malformed, external recipients |
An external activation of an AutoCC list was received, however the sender could not be interpreted so i-Mail will not allow replication to external addresses. |
No action necessary |
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Failed to create redirect message recipient list |
A new message could not be created during AutoCC processing. |
Check that the volume is mounted and that it is reliable with vrepair |
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Discarding unknown recipient e-mail address |
During message parsing, e-mail addresses found that are not for the local system are discarded. |
No action necessary |
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Domain is configured for unknown forwarding with no address! |
A remote domain has been configured so that mail for unknown recipients will be forwarded but no name has been provided. |
Supply a name for unknown recipient forwarding |
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Message file locked by filename |
i-Mail is scanning the directories for mail to be processed, but this file is already being processed. This information shows in diagnostic logging mode only. |
No action necessary |
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Mailscan failed login to server 'server name' |
Mailscan has been configured to scan directories on another server but cannot log in. |
Check the username and password for the mailscan entry and that the server is accessible from the i-Mail server by typing 'display servers' |
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Caution: Outbox directory changed during scanning |
Files that i-Mail had listed in the outbox directory were removed by some other process. |
Ensure no other programs interfere with the operation of i-Mail. |
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An error occurred while setting name space |
i-Mail is informing that it will not use the long, NFS or OS/2 name space |
No action necessary |
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NetNotify message was not sent, user is not logged in |
An attempt was made to notify a user that mail has arrived, however the user is not currently logged in to this server. |
No action necessary |
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UserLink access denied to username |
A user attempted to access mail but was rejected due to restrictions in force. |
No action necessary |
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Failed to create welcome message for username |
A message could not be created for a new user due to problems with the file system. |
Check that the volume is mounted and that it is reliable with vrepair |
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Could not create UserLink data file |
A control file could not be created for a new user due to problems with the file system. |
Check that the volume is mounted and that it is reliable with vrepair |
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Cannot create UserLink user, would exceed licence count |
The UserLink count and the user count are at the licence limit. |
Either remove users, remove entries from the UserLink registered table or purchase a higher licence count. |
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No mail store found for username |
A user in the system has no mail store configured. |
Ensure the user has a mail store entered in admin. |
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Directory username not found |
A user exists in the i-Mail system but their mailbox does not. |
Ensure the users mail store exists in the users directory |
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Dir failed for directory |
i-Mail attempted to list the files in a directory but NetWare returned an error. |
Check that the directory exists.
Also check that the volume is mounted and |
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Skipping zero byte message file |
A zero byte file was found in a users mail directory. |
Delete the message |
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Invalid queue format in AutoQueue entry, discarding entry |
An auto print queue was invalid and will not be used. |
Re-enter the print queue name properly. |
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Licence count exceeded, discarding name |
While loading the users into the on-line database the user licence count was exceeded. Any extra accounts are discarded. |
Remove some accounts or purchase a licence for more users. |
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This version of i-MailDS does not support unlimited user |
The domains tab has a remote domain that is not set to 'Lookup recipients' and the licence count is not unlimited. This blind forwarding is only available in the unlimited user version of i-Mail. |
Either turn on the 'Lookup recipients' for the remote domain or purchase an unlimited user licence. |
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Removing empty message file (x) |
During startup i-Mail scans user directories for zero byte files and deletes them. |
No action necessary |
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Failed to log in for user lookup, access will be denied |
The user name or password supplied for UserLink to work is invalid. |
Provide the correct user account details in the UserLink tab of admin |
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UserLink access user has not been configured |
Either the user name or password has not been supplied for UserLink to work. |
Provide the correct user account details in the UserLink tab of admin |
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Failed get NDS context handle during user lookup |
i-Mail could not access NDS. |
Ensure NDS is open and run DSRepair. |
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Failed change to context |
The context supplied in the UserLink tab of admin cannot be accessed. |
Check the UserLink context is correct.
Run DSRepair. |
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NWDSAllocBuf returned x |
An NDS call failed | Run DSRepair
Check that your server has enough memory |
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Context notify cannot proceed without user, password |
One of the details required for context sensitive broadcast notify has not been provided |
Provide the details for context sensitive notify in the notify tab of admin |
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Could not login for context notify, check user and password |
One of the details required for context sensitive broadcast notify is invalid |
Provide the correct details for context sensitive notify in the notify tab of admin |
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Could not set context for notify, check notify settings |
i-Mail could not access NDS. | Ensure NDS is open and run DSRepair. |
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Failed get NDS context handle during password check |
i-Mail could not access NDS. | Ensure NDS is open and run DSRepair. |
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Could not set context context |
The context for the independant domain could not be set. |
Check the context for the domain is available on this server Run DSRepair |
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Could not set context context |
The default context for UserLink could not be set. |
Check the default context specified in the UserLink tab is available on this server Run DSRepair |
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*Failed get NDS context handle during password check |
i-Mail could not access NDS. | Ensure NDS is open and run DSRepair. |
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i-Mail will not modify NDS attributes without valid user AND |
Either a username or password was not supplied in the UserLink tab for NDS access. |
Provide the correct user account details in the UserLink tab of admin |
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Error occured while waiting for POP message |
During POP mail collection the service providers POP server did not send a <cr><lf> pair to indicate that the message was ready to be received. |
Contact your ISP and ask them to check the state of your POP mailbox |
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POP server did not send line feed? |
The POP server that i-Mail is downloading from is supposed to send a carriage return and a line feed after each transaction. In this case the POP server only send the carriage return. |
Contact your ISP and ask them to check the state of your POP mailbox |
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Rule converted recipient to nothing, resetting recipient |
A recipient replacement rule converted an e-mail address into an invalid e-mail address. |
Check the recipient rules and/or the message that caused the error. A user may have entered an e-mail address that is invalid. |
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Rule removed name, resetting recipient |
A recipient replacement rule converted an e-mail address into an invalid e-mail address. |
Check the recipient rules and/or the message that caused the error. A user may have entered an e-mail address that is invalid. |
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Rule removed domain, resetting recipient |
A recipient replacement rule converted an e-mail address into an invalid e-mail address. |
Check the recipient rules and/or the message that caused the error. A user may have entered an e-mail address that is invalid. |
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